LONDON. 
devil. This was not unreasonable; but he proceeded to 
abufe the whole fex, which would have been ungracious 
in any one, and in him was ungrateful. He faid no man 
could tame a woman’s tongue—the lands of an hour-glafs 
did not run falter—it was better to difpute with a thou- 
fand men than with one woman. After this difpute Ihe 
failed forty days ; but this fait, which is regarded by her 
believers as fo miraculous, was merely a catholic lent, in 
which Ihe abltained from hill and flefh. 
The moon, which is under her feet in the Revelations, 
typifies the devil ; for the moon, it feems, having power 
to give light by night but not by day, is Satan’s king¬ 
dom, and his dwelling-place ; he, I conclude, being the 
very perfon commonly called the man in the moon, a con- 
jedture of my own, which, you mult allow, is Strongly 
confirmed by his horns. Once, when the Lord made her 
the fame promife as Herod had done to Herodias, fhe re¬ 
quested that Satan might be cut off from the face of the 
earth, as John the Baptill had been. This petition file 
was inftrufted to write, and feal it with three feals, and 
carry it to the altar when Ihe received the facrament! and 
a promife was returned that it Ihould be granted. Her 
dreams are ufually of the devil. Once fhe law him like 
a pig with his mouth tied; at another time Skinned his 
face with her nails after a fierce battle ; once Ihe bit off 
bis fingers, and thought the blood fweet—and once Ihe 
dreamt Ihe had fairly killed him. But neither has the 
promife of his destruction been as yet fulfilled, nor the 
dream accomplished. 
This phrenfy would have been fpeedily cured in our 
country, (Spain ;) bread and water, a folitary cell, and a 
little wholefome discipline, are fpecifics in fuch cafes. 
Mark the difference in England. No bifliop interferes; 
Ihe therefore boldly affects that Hie has the full content of 
the bifhops to declare that her call is from God, becaufe, 
having been called upon to difprove it, they keep filent. 
She, who was ufed to earn her daily bread by daily labour, 
is now taken into the houl'es of her wealthy believers, re¬ 
garded as the moll bleffed among women, carried from 
one part of England to another, and treated every where 
with reverence little lefs than idolatry. Meantime, dic¬ 
tating hooks as fall as her feribes can write them down, 
Ihe publilhes them as fad as they are written ; and the Jo- 
annians buy them as fall as they are publilhed. Nor is 
this her only trade. The lfeals in the Revelations furnilh 
her with a happy hint. She calls upon all perfons “ to 
fign their names for Chrift’s glorious and peaceable king¬ 
dom, to be eltablifiied and to come upon earth, and his 
will to he done on earth as it is done in heaven, and for 
Satan’s kingdom to be deftroyed, which is the prayer and 
delire of Joanna Southcott.” They who fign this are to 
be feaied. Now if this temporal fealing, which is men¬ 
tioned by St. John in the Revelations, had been under¬ 
stood before this time, men would have begun fealing 
themfelves without the vifitation of the Spirit; and, if (lie 
had not underltood it and explained it now, it would have 
been more fatal for herfelf and for all mankind than the 
fall of Eve was. The myftery of fealing is this: whof'o- 
ever figns his name receives a feaied letter containing thefe 
words: “The Sealed of the Lord, the Eiedt, Precious, 
Man’s Redemption, to inherit the Tree of Life, to be 
made Heirs of God, and Joint-heirs with Jeius Chrill. 
Signed Joanna Southcott I know not what the price 
of this initiation is ; but file boalts of having feaied above 
eight thoufand perfons, fo that the trade is a thriving one. 
We lliall conclude with a lew flowers of infernal elo¬ 
quence from The Difpute with the Powers of Drrknels. 
Satan fays to her, “ Thou infamous b—ch ! thou haft been 
flattering God, that he may Hand lhy friend. Such low 
cunning art I defpife.—Thou- weening devil! flop thy 
d—mn’d eternal tongue ; thou runnelt on l'o fait, all the 
devils in hell cannot keep up with thee..—God hath done 
fomething to choofe a b—-ch of a woman that will down- 
argue the devil, and fcarce give him room to (peak.It 
Yol. XIII. No. 896. 
14 !) 
may truly be faid, in Joanna’s own words, “ If the woman 
is not ajhamed of herfelf, the devil cannot frame herd'' 
Although Great Britain is feparated from the reft of 
the continent by a l'rnall arm of the fea, fhe holds never- 
tbelefs a momentous preponderance in the fcale of conti¬ 
nental powers; and conlequently the city of London, 
which is undoubtedly the heart of the united kingdom, 
whence the arteries and veins of commerce convey and 
bring back the treafures of theEalt and Weft;—whence the 
rays of knowledge in all fciences and arts diffule them- 
felves through the reft of the world ;—and wherefrom, 
through the political ramifications of intereft, fire dictates 
laws, fublidifes allies, and appals the enemies of the coun¬ 
try with her frowns ;—the city of London cannot but 
take an aftive part in the affairs of Europe, though ihe 
appears to repofe in confcious fecurity. Indeed, at all 
times, the w’ord London has been fynonymous with that 
of England ; and, when the mind or the eyes of foreigners 
turn to the illand of Albion, London is the fpot they in¬ 
variably fix upon. This wealthy and molt populous me¬ 
tropolis being fo intimately connected with the reft of 
the known world, all tranfadtions militate for or again ft 
her, and therefore become part of her own hiftory. Im¬ 
pelled by thefe conliderations we have enlarged in this ar¬ 
ticle upon the affairs of Europe, particularly when they 
have appeared diredtly or indireftly to affedt 1 he welfare of 
the city of London ; and we requeft our readers to confi- 
der this article as a companion and fupplement to thofe of 
England, France, and Germany, in our 6th, 7th, and 
8th, volumes. 
The ftate of Europe in the beginning of the year 1807 
was moll critical. Every eye was fixed on the coaSts of 
the Baltic : it was there that the defttnies of Europe were 
to be decided, as they had been in former periods on thofe 
of the Mediterranean. The genius and the relources of 
the north were brought into conflict with thofe of the 
fouth. A mighty contell was to be decided between 
Alexander emperor of Rulfia, and the king of Pruflia, on 
the one part, and, on the other, Bonaparte emperor of 
France and king of Italy. The latter derived fupport 
from the nations whom he had fubdued or intimidated— 
Italy, Spain, Holland, and a great part of Germany : the 
former depended on the aid of Sweden, and the cordial 
and vigorous co-operatio’n of Great Britain. There was 
another ally, more powerful than either of the two jult 
mentioned, on which the Ruffians might, and no doubt 
did, reckon ; namely, a rigorous climate, to which they 
themfelves were inured, but which might prove fatal to 
Soldiers from France, Spain, and Italy. The enemy too, 
in proportion as he fliould advance into Poland, or be¬ 
yond it, would be drawn into difficulties and dangers on 
the line of his operations, in territories with the nature 
or ground of which he could not be well acquainted, and 
farther and farther removed from 1'itpplies and reinforce¬ 
ments. The Ruffians, on the contrary, would receive re¬ 
inforcements and ftores both by land and fea from Ruf- 
fia, Sweden, and England. The young and heroic king 
of Sweden, emulating his anceftor the great Guftavus 
Adolphus, with the aid both of a lubfidy and troops from 
England, might march an army through Lower Saxony, 
from Dantzic and Colberg, as far as Hamburgh. This 
army, augmented in its progrefs by infurgents, in Heffe, 
Hanover, and the Pruffian dominions, might pafs the 
Elbe, and eltablifii a war in the centre of Germany ; where, 
if he Ihould be able to maintain himfelf for-any length of 
time, he might reafonably expert to be joined by the Au¬ 
strians. Such, it may be prefumed, were the coniideratiotii 
that encouraged and determined the court of St. Peters¬ 
burg to undertake and to perfevere in the war with France. 
The battle oS Pultulk, though bloody and obftinately con- 
tefted, was indecisive ; and it mull be admitted that if the 
nations, on whole favour and co-operation the Ruffians 
depended, had underltood and purfued their refpediive 
as well as their common interest, and harmoniously joined 
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